Bury ST.Edmunds Methodist Circuit

Registered charity 1135971 Registered since 2010

Operates: Suffolk

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

8.2y median 8y

average tenure

14y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

8.2y

average years in governance

24 vs 1 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

General Charitable Purposes 30Religious Activities 30Environment/conservation/heritage 27Amateur Sport 1Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 1Other Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience

Education 1Health and social care 1Retail and trade 1

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Boards that share trustees

Trinity Methodist Church, Bury ST Edmunds 3 shared trustees
ST Johns Methodist Church Sudbury 2 shared trustees
Bury ST Edmunds Ecumenical Centre Trust 1 shared trustee
Bardwell Playing Fields Association 1 shared trustee

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Related organisations

Trinity Methodist Church, Bury ST Edmunds 3 shared trustees
ST Johns Methodist Church Sudbury 2 shared trustees
Bury ST Edmunds Ecumenical Centre Trust 1 shared trustee
Bardwell Playing Fields Association 1 shared trustee
Staples Trust Similar size; both Human rights
Capital Project Trust Similar size; both Human rights

Boards that overlap with this one through shared trustees, or govern in the same field. Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.online.church123.com/burystedmundsmethodistcircuit
Email	circuit.admin@hotmail.com
Phone	01284731082
Address	The Circuit Office, Trinity Methodist Church, Brentgovel Street, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1EB

Finances

£415,566 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£155,802	£191,552
2022	£177,560	£278,518
2023	£1,121,044	£205,333
2024	£192,640	£213,333
2025	£415,566	£295,874

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesReligious ActivitiesEnvironment/conservation/heritageHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginThe General Public/mankind

How

Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

THE PURPOSES OF THE METHODIST CHURCH ARE AND SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN SINCE THE DATE OF UNION THE ADVANCEMENT OF -(A) THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINAL STANDARDS AND THE DISCIPLINE OF THE METHODIST CHURCH;(B) ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE TIME BEING OF ANY CONNEXIONAL, DISTRICT, CIRCUIT, LOCAL OR OTHER ORGANISATION OF THE METHODIST CHURCH;(C) ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE TIME BEING OF ANY SOCIETY OR INSTITUTION SUBSIDIARY OR ANCILLARY TO THE METHODIST CHURCH;(D) ANY PURPOSE FOR THE TIME BEING OF ANY CHARITY BEING A CHARITY SUBSIDIARY OR ANCILLARY TO THE METHODIST CHURCH

Governing document: DEED OF UNION (1932) AND METHODIST CHURCH ACT (1976)

Trustees (30)

30trustees

84median age

3aged 70+

Succession outlook: 3 of 30 trustees are aged 70 or over.

Rev Jason Christopher Vinyard Chair since 2021
Christopher Spencer since 2024
Daphne JAY
David Wakefordage 84
Donald Leslie Day since 2019
Edward Freeman since 2017
Francis Arnold Carr since 2024
Jennifer Maureen Benfield since 2020
John Davies since 2013
Joy Inameti since 2018
Joyce May Wood since 2019
Marian High
Mary Keerage 97
Michael Drain
Neil Martin since 2014
Norman Langridge since 2014
Pauline Ames
Peter Sanderson since 2014
REV Ruth Karen Ridge since 2016
Robert Wood
Rev Julie Ann Minns since 2021
Rev Rita Carrage 84 since 2014
Richard Anthony Wild since 2020
Roland David Sore since 2025
Rosemary Elizabeth Anne Kearsley since 2017
Sharon Martin since 2012
Stella Davis since 2012
Susan Yvonne Foreman since 2020
Vaughan Tong
Valerie Anne Southgate since 2018

Connected charities (4)

Trinity Methodist Church, Bury ST Edmunds 3 shared trustees
ST Johns Methodist Church Sudbury 2 shared trustees
Bardwell Playing Fields Association 1 shared trustee
Bury ST Edmunds Ecumenical Centre Trust 1 shared trustee

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